Flatau, Alison B.
Department Chair
Professor
Professor
Aerospace Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
3188 Glenn L. Martin
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EDUCATION
- B.S., University of Connecticut (Chemical Engineering)
- M.S., University of Utah (Mechanical Engineering)
- Ph.D., University of Utah (Mechanical Engineering)
Awards/Recognitions
- Society Award/Lifetime Achievement
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- NSF Young Investigator Award
Institutional Services
- Organized CAREER proposal writing workshop ENGR-A. James Clark School of Engineering
- Director of Aerospace Undergraduate programs ENGR-Aerospace Engineering
- Director of Aerospace Honors program ENGR-Aerospace Engineering
- Faculty Advisor for student AIAA organization ENGR-Aerospace Engineering
- Chair of undergraduate program faculty committee ENGR-Aerospace Engineering
- Member new faculty search committee ENGR-Mechanical Engineering
Active flow control, sensor and actuator design, magnetostrictive materials, material characterization, smart fabrics and textiles, vibrations and acoustics
Aerospace Engineering at Maryland Expanding Online Graduate Courses This Fall
In partnership with the Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering program, UMD is expanding graduate study opportunities for working aerospace professionals.Celebrating Black Aerospace Engineers: Spencer Stebbins
Inspired by childhood trips to the National Air and Space Museum, Stebbins now works on pushing the boundaries of hypersonics in aircraft.Aerospace Engineering Celebrates 75 Years
Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends marked the milestone, engaging with students and envisioning the futureBaeder Named Igor Sikorsky Distinguished Professor in Rotorcraft
The professorship supports enhanced research specialization in areas related to rotorcraft.Alumna Rose Weinstein Receives NASA Early Career Achievement Medal
Award recognizes her contributions to NASA Langley’s flight vehicle dynamics research and digital transformation activities.UMD Aerospace Gets VR Flight Simulators
Augmented reality, haptics combine to create immersive aviation experiences.Celebrating Women in Aerospace Engineering: Pauline Annen
Aerospace Engineering alumna Pauline Annen (M.S., ’12) has built a successful career in corporate aviation as both a pilot and engineer.Celebrating Women in Aerospace Engineering: Alison Flatau
Department of Aerospace Engineering Chair Alison Flatau shares some of her aerospace engineering journey.UMD’s Chopra: A Driving Force in Rotorcraft Engineering
AIAA honors longtime professor for seminal schievements.Celebrating Hispanic/Latinx Aerospace Engineers: Jose Mondragon
As a kid, Jose Mondragon was fascinated by “awesome, out-of-this-world” technology, Today he helps engineer it.Flatau Named UMD AE Chair
Alison Flatau has been named the new chair of aerospace engineering at UMD.Celebrating Women in Aerospace Engineering: Elaine Petro
Inspired by NASA rocket launches as a child, Petro now directs Cornell’s ASTRA Lab.Celebrating Women in Aerospace Engineering: Kim Westbrook
Inspired by space exploration since childhood, Westbrook is now an engineer with the Europa Clipper mission.Congratulations to the 2020 Aerospace Engineering Honors Class
Students complete final presentations to earn “Honors Citation.”Aerospace Engineering Students Win at AIAA YPSE Conference
Undergraduate and graduate students take top spots at AIAA’s Region 1 Young Professionals, Students, and Educators Conference.Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics Celebrates Five Years
Student organization celebrates five years of accomplishments during 2019 WIAA Night.John Baras to receive 2018 AIAA Aerospace Communications Award
Baras honored for his technical contributions and commercialization leadership of Internet over satellite, hybrid satellites, and terrestrial networks.Flatau Named Distinguished Lecturer
IEEE Magnetics Society Names Flatau 2018 Distinguished LecturerAlumni Frontin and Stebbins Awarded NASA Fellowships
Two B.S. 2014 UMD aerospace engineering alums, Cory Frontin and Spencer Stebbins, receive NASA fellowships.Hubbard Named SPIE 2016 Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Aerospace Engineering Professor recognized for contributions to the field of smart structures and materials.Aerospace Engineering Students Win at 2015 AIAA YPSE Conference
Aerospace Engineering grad students Shrestha and Geerts place first and second at 2015 AIAA YPSE Region 1 competition.Flatau Promoted to AIAA Fellow
Professor Alison Flatau promoted to Fellow for years of AIAA service and academic and research excellence.Aerospace Students Excel at 14th AIAA YPSE Conference
UMD students placed in both presentations and paper categories at the 14th AIAA YPSE Conference.Lauren Trollinger Awarded a WIA Foundation—AIAA Digital Avionics Scholarship
Senior Lauren Trollinger awarded a Women in Aerospace (WIA) Foundation—American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Digital Avionics Scholarship.Weinstein Named Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholar
Aerospace Engineering Student Rose Weinstein Receives a LARSS internship.Aerospace Engineering Faculty Honored at University Celebration of Scholarship and Research
15 Aerospace Engineering faculty were recognized for their research and scholarly achievements.Aerospace Faculty Recognized at 15th Annual Research Leaders Luncheon
15 Department of Aerospace Engineering's faculty honored for successful research funding efforts.Becnel Awarded Inaugural Alex Brown Leadership Award
Aerospace Engineering grad student Andrew Becnel to receive Alex Brown Leadership Award.Flatau is PI for NSF grant on rare-earth-free auxetic and magnetostrictive materials
Research will further performance capabilities of costly single-crystal alloys in low-cost polycrystalline alloys.Flatau is PI for NSF EAGER grant for glaucoma research
Research will provide data for whether glaucoma patients who do not sleep lying down are at a greater risk for vision loss.Tauros Engineering Wins Harvard New Venture Competition
U-Md. startup Tauros Engineering wins top spot in 17th annual Harvard New Venture CompletionClark School Faculty Recognized at UMD Invention of the Year Awards
26th annual awards ceremony honors most promising campus inventions.Flatau Awarded ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Prize
Clark School Associate Dean of Research honored for scholarship and engineering excellenceAE Faculty Honored at Research Leaders Luncheon
10 AE Faculty Represent Department at Research Leaders LuncheonTwo Aero Students Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Grivel and Jones, Graduating Seniors, Receive NSF Graduate Research FellowshipChanging the Odds
New NSF-funded UM program seeks to advance women faculty in science, engineering.Dr. Flatau Among Women in Aerospace 2010 Award Recipients
Dr. Flatau Receives Aerospace Educator AwardLeishman, Schaler Named Goldwater Scholars
Aerospace, mechanical engineering students receive premier award for undergraduates.Dr. Alison Flatau to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Alison Flatau to Receive Major Award at 2010 SPIE SymposiumFlatau Appointed Interim Associate Dean of Research
Dr. Alison Flatau Appointed Interim Associate Dean of ResearchTwo Aero Faculty Selected as Associate AIAA Fellows
AIAA Membership Upgrades for Flatau and SedwickDr. Flatau Receives Faculty Service Award
Dr. Flatau is the 2009 recipient of the Clark School Faculty Service AwardTwo Seniors Receive Anderson Scholarship
The John D. Anderson Scholarship in Aerospace Engineering Awarded to McNerney & Woodside.Datta receives AIAA Foundation Award
Supratik Datta receives AIAA Foundation Orville and Wilbur Wright AwardAIAA Awards Received by Clark School Alumnus, Students
International and local AIAA organizations announce awardsL’Oreal Fellowship Presented to Ugrina
L’Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science Awarded to AlumnaDatta earns three awards in the Spring 2008
Aerospace graduate student, Datta is honored with three awardsUniversity Honors Names Levashov as a Best Paper
Levashov's Hardware Study Named by Honors Program as a Best PaperInaugural Anderson Scholarship Awarded to Kirk
Madeline Kirk announced as first recipient of Anderson Scholarship in Aerospace EngineeringConference Yields Top Awards for Aerospace Undergraduates
Aerospace Students Sweep Undergraduate Category at AIAA Regional ConferenceAnderson Scholarship Competition Announced
Anderson Scholarship in Aerospace Engineering 'Call for Papers' AnnouncedAIAA's YPSE-07 Conference Results
Aerospace Graduate and Undergraduate students take home awards.Flatau is elected as ASME Fellow
Dr. Flatau is elected as a Fellow of ASMEAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
- Fellow
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
- Fellow